A small factoid was buried within a New York Times article today on Richard Holbrooke, special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the restoration of diplomacy under President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Decrying the imbalance that put the Pentagon and the military, rather than diplomats, in charge of these troubled areas during the bush era, the article made the startling point that we have more musicians playing in military bands than diplomats working around the globe.
Add to this the fact that, under Don't Ask, Don't Tell, we have 55 fewer Arabic language experts working to translate intelligence data -- simply because they are gay -- in an area already critically undersupplied with translators.
Things are out of whack. Obama is determined to change both of these insane situations.
Ralph
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